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Refer the document "Content usable V2 edits" Proposal 11 - Updates to 4.2.5 Clearly Identify Controls and Their Use (Pattern) Link - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xnoNFwfjJZbfadFiU-qOW49n4-gODbd_4ff5UDyYFTM/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.z4jafdjuv6sd Changed Sections- What to do, how it helps, Examples (Use and Avoid)
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What to Do
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Ensuring items that are not clickable do not look like links or controls.
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Labels, linked text and accessible names for links and controls are easy to understand, clear and unambiguous.
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Text labels are visible, <i>unless a ubiquitous, commonly known icon is usedi>.
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The relationship between controls and their label should be clear.
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When this is not possible, provide instructions that explain how to use the
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How it Helps
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the controls, regardless of how a user uses the page (vision, auditory,
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Links and controls should have clear visible labels.
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Note that labels can be available through a personalization setting.
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However, if controls are not common or their usage is not completely
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clear, we recommend clear, unambiguous, and visible labels that are clearly
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associated with the controls. For example, a page may have multiple search options
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for different regions. Providing clear, unique and visible labels help users in knowing
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the purpose of different search options.
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Navigational elements should be easy to understand without needing to guess.
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Making the text of hyperlinks as clear as possible also reduces cognitive load.
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This helps many groups including people with cognitive and mental health impairments.
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<h5 class="coga-5">Getting Startedh5>
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Getting Started
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<a>cognitive and learning disabilitiesa>.
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<p><span class="use">span><strong>Use:strong>p>
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standard user actions and make it clear when they are pressed.
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<li>Tabs that look like tabs and make it clear when they are selected.li>
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<li>Links and controls that have properly associated, clear, unambiguous, visible labels.li>
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Links that have the same color as static text on the site, even if the
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